With iron will and a rubber stomach, Gregory Scott Wilson forced down 27 fully loaded chili dogs in 51 minutes Wednesday, breaking the record at The Roast Grill — Raleigh’s temple of irresponsible eating.

Wilson, 54, earned a framed photograph on the wall of the historic frankfurter joint on West Street, just to the left of Jamie McDonald, who managed 26 in 2012.

“It feels awesome,” said Wilson, a TSA officer at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. “At least it will, once I get rid of this meat baby.”

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But The Roast Grill has hosted gastronomical endurance contests since its narrow lunch counter appeared on the Travel Channel’s “Man v. Food” in 2009, introducing the world to its burnt-wiener, no ketchup style — a mainstay in Raleigh.

Since then, all manner of swaggering would-be champions have bellied up to George Poniros’ counter, wolfed down a dozen and then wobbled out onto the sidewalk, grasping their stomachs as they hit an invisible wall of meat.